Alloy ribbon and magnetic core

ABSTRACT

The object of the present invention is to provide an alloy ribbon capable of having excellent adhesiveness between the alloy ribbons when a plurality of the alloy ribbons is stacked; and also, to provide a magnetic core using the alloy ribbon. The present invention is an alloy ribbon comprising metals scattered on at least one surface of the alloy ribbon, in which diameters of the scattered metals are 1 μm or more, and the scattered metals include Cu.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to an alloy ribbon and a magnetic core.

BACKGROUND

In recent years, as a material of a magnetic core of a magnetic deviceused for a power circuit, a Fe-based amorphous alloy, a Fe-basednanocrystal alloy, and the like are used from the point of improving asaturation magnetic flux density and from the point of decreasing a coreloss.

For example, the Fe-based nanocrystal alloy is usually produced byquenching a liquid phase or a vapor phase including raw materials ofFe-based nanocrystal alloy to form an amorphous alloy, and then thisamorphous alloy is heat treated to form a fine crystal. Specifically,for example, an alloy ribbon is produced by a super quenching methodsuch as a single roll method and the like. However, the Fe-basednanocrystal alloy produced as an alloy ribbon is harder than a usualcrystal alloy, and had a poor surface followability and also had a pooradhesiveness even when the alloy ribbons were stacked and pressured.

Patent Document 1 discloses a method of coating a resin to a surface ofan alloy ribbon and drying the resin, then stacking the alloy ribbon.However, this method requires many procedures in each step, hence it wascomplicated to produce the alloy ribbon using this method.

By roughening the surface of the alloy ribbon, it is known that anadhesiveness between alloy ribbons improve due to an anchor effect.However, by roughening the surface of the alloy ribbon, a space factorof the alloy ribbon decreases, and magnetic properties deteriorated.

-   [Patent Document 1] JP Patent No. 5885118

SUMMARY

The present invention was achieved in view of such circumstances, andthe object is to provide an alloy ribbon capable of exhibitingadhesiveness between alloy ribbons when a plurality of alloy ribbons atleast one of which is made of the alloy ribbon according to the presentinvention are stacked; and also, the object of the present invention isto provide a magnetic core using the alloy ribbon.

The gist of the present invention is as described in below.

(1) An alloy ribbon having metals scattered on at least one surface ofthe alloy ribbon, in which

diameters of the scattered metals are 1 μm or more, and

the scattered metals include Cu.

(2) The alloy ribbon according to (1), wherein the alloy ribbon has aVickers hardness of 900 Hv or more.

(3) The alloy ribbon according to (1) or (2), wherein the scatteredmetals further include at least one selected from Zr, Cr, and Be.

(4) The alloy ribbon according to any one of (1) to (3), wherein thesurface having the scattered metals has a surface roughness Ra of 1.0 μmor less.

(5) The alloy ribbon according to any one of (1) to (4) having thescattered metals in a frequency of 1 to 4,500 metal/mm².

(6) The alloy ribbon according any one of (1) to (4) having thescattered metals in a frequency of 10 to 1,000 metal/mm².

(7) A magnetic core formed by stacking alloy ribbons at least one ofwhich is made of the alloy ribbon according to any one of (1) to (6).

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is one example of an image obtained from a measurement by EnergyDispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS).

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a single roll method.

FIG. 3 is one example of chart obtained by X-ray crystallography.

FIG. 4 is one example of pattern obtained by carrying out a profilefitting to the chart of FIG. 3.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present invention is described based on following embodiment;however various modifications may be performed within the scope of thepresent invention.

An alloy ribbon according to the present embodiment includes an alloyribbon body and scattered metals. Further, the alloy ribbon according tothe present embodiment includes the scattered metals to at least onesurface of the alloy ribbon. As an example, when the alloy ribbon isproduced by a single roll method described in below, the alloy ribbonpreferably has the scattered metals on a releasing face of the alloyribbon which is facing against a roll. The alloy ribbon may have thescattered metals on one surface or may have on both surfaces.

In the alloy ribbon according to the present embodiment, sizes of thescattered metals are diameters of 1 μm or more. The sizes of thescattered metals are preferably 3 to 60 μm, and more preferably 5 to 20μm. By having the sizes of the scattered metals within theabove-mentioned range, the adhesiveness between the alloy ribbons can beimproved while maintaining magnetic properties of the alloy ribbon.Also, regarding the magnetic core formed by stacking a plurality ofalloy ribbons, a coercive force can be suppressed from increasing. Bysuppressing the increase of the coercive force of the magnetic core, aloss in AC magnetic field can be suppressed under the use of highfrequency band. As a result, the magnetic properties under highfrequency band can be improved.

The sizes of the scattered metals are Heywood diameter calculated basedon Cu detection image of Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS).That is, regarding particles shown in the detection image, diameters ofthe circles having same areas as the projected areas of the particlesare defined as diameters of the scattered metals.

In the alloy ribbon according to the present embodiment, the scatteredmetals include Cu. The scattered metals are preferably Cu or an alloyincluding Cu. A metal including Cu is softer than the alloy ribbonitself. As the alloy ribbon includes a soft material, that is as thescattered metals include Cu, an adhesiveness between the alloy ribbonscan be improved. Also, regarding the magnetic core formed by stackingplurality of alloy ribbons at least one of which is made of the alloyribbon, a coercive force is prevented from increasing.

In the alloy ribbon according to the present embodiment, the scatteredmetals may further include at least one selected from Zr, Cr, and Be.That is, as the scattered metals, the alloy including Cu may furtherinclude the above-mentioned elements. For example, Cu—Zr based alloy,Cu—Zr—Cr based alloy, Be—Cu based alloy, and the like may be mentioned.

By using the alloy including the above-mentioned elements as thescattered metals, an adhesiveness between the alloy ribbons can beimproved. Note that, the elements of the scattered metals can beidentified by Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS).

The alloy ribbon according to the present embodiment has a Vickershardness of preferably 900 Hv or more, more preferably 1000 Hv or more,and further preferably of 1050 Hv or more. Also, a Vickers hardness ofthe alloy ribbon is preferably 1200 Hv or less, more preferably 1150 Hvor less, and further preferably 1100 Hv or less. Note that, theabove-mentioned Vickers hardness represents a hardness of the alloyribbon body. When a Vickers hardness of the alloy ribbon body is high,usually an adhesiveness between the alloy ribbons decreases. However,the alloy ribbon according to the present embodiment includes thescattered metals as mentioned in above, hence an adhesiveness betweenthe alloy ribbons can be improved. On the other hand, when a Vickershardness is too high, a desired adhesiveness may not be obtained evenwith the scattered metals on the alloy ribbon.

A Vickers hardness (Hv) is determined by a micro-Vickers hardness test.A diamond pyramid indenter with a facing angle of 136° was pressed intothe alloy ribbon to measure a size of indentation formed by pressing,then a Vickers hardness is calculated. The indentation can be observedusing CCD camera. In the present embodiment, five or more measurementsare performed and an average thereof is taken. A Vickers hardness (Hv)is a value obtained by dividing a load F [N] with an indentation surfacearea S [m²], and it is obtained by below formula based on a diagonallength d [m] of the indentation being measured.

Vickers hardness (Hv)=F/S=1.854×F/d ²

In the alloy ribbon according to the present embodiment, the surfaceroughness Ra of the surface where the metals are scattered is preferably1.0 μm or less, more preferably 0.8 μm or less, and more preferably 0.6μm or less. When the surface roughness Ra of the alloy ribbon is small,usually an adhesiveness between the alloy ribbons decreases. However,the alloy ribbon according to the present embodiment has an improvedadhesiveness between the alloy ribbons because of the scattered metalsas mentioned in above.

Note that, when the alloy ribbon is produced by a method using a rollsuch as a single roll method and the like which is discussed below, asurface roughness Ra of a releasing surface (a surface to which asurface of the roll is contacting) and a surface roughness Ra of a freesurface (a surface which is not in contact with the surface of the roll)are different in the alloy ribbon.

In the alloy ribbon according to the present embodiment, the surfaceroughness Ra of the releasing surface is preferably about the same asthe surface roughness Ra of the surface having the scattered metals. Thesurface roughness Ra of the free surface is not particularly limited,and usually it may be 0.1 to 4.3 μm.

A method of measuring the surface roughness Ra is based on JIS-B0601.Specifically, a measuring length is 4.0 mm, a cutoff wavelength is 0.8mm, and cutoff type is 2RC (uncompensated phase).

The alloy ribbon according to the present embodiment has the scatteredmetals in a frequency preferably of 1 to 4500 metals/mm². The frequencyof the scattered metals is more preferably 10 to 2700 metals/mm²,further preferably 10 to 1000 metals/mm², and particularly preferably200 to 1000 metals/mm². By having the scattered metals in a frequency asmentioned in above, an adhesiveness between the alloy ribbons can beimproved while maintaining the magnetic properties of the alloy ribbon.Particularly, in the magnetic core formed by stacking plurality of alloyribbons at least one of which is made of the alloy ribbon, the coerciveforce can be suppressed from increasing.

The scattered metals are detected by Energy Dispersive X-raySpectroscopy (EDS), and a frequency of the scattered metals iscalculated from number of metals detected. Specifically, on the surfaceof the alloy ribbon, the detected number of metals in an area of 317μm×237 μm are counted. This procedure is repeated to nine places, and anaverage of these is defined as the frequency of the scattered metals.FIG. 1 is one example of the image obtained by EDS measurement. Inreality, black and white shown in the image are actually reversed. FIG.1 shows the metals scatted in an area of 317 μm×237 μm at the surface ofthe alloy ribbon.

When the alloy ribbon is produced by a method using a roll such as asingle roll method as described in below, the frequency of the scatteredmetals can be controlled by regulating a temperature of releasing gas.

A size of the alloy ribbon according to the present embodiment is notparticularly limited. For example, a thickness may be 15 to 30 μm, and awidth may be 100 to 1000 mm.

(Composition of Alloy Ribbon)

In the alloy ribbon according to the present embodiment, as a materialof the alloy ribbon body, any known material can be used, and forexample, an amorphous alloy, a fine crystal alloy, a magnetic alloy suchas permalloy, and the like can be used. As the alloy ribbon body made ofthe amorphous alloy material, for example, those made of Fe-basedamorphous soft magnetic material, Co-based amorphous soft magneticmaterial, and the like may be mentioned. Also, as the alloy ribbon bodymade of a fine crystal alloy material, for example those made ofFe-based nanocrystal soft magnetic material may be mentioned.Specifically, as the Fe-based amorphous soft magnetic material,Fe—Si—B—Nb—Cu based alloy and the like may be mentioned, and as theCo-based amorphous soft magnetic material, Co—Fe—Si—B based alloy, andthe like may be mentioned.

Here, the Fe-based nanocrystal has a particle size of nano order, and acrystal structure of Fe is bcc (body center cubic structure). When thestructure includes Fe-based nanocrystal, an amorphous ratio described inbelow is less than 85%.

Hereinbelow, a method of verifying whether the alloy ribbon has astructure made of amorphous phases (a nanohetero structure or astructure consisting of amorphous phases) or a structure made of crystalphases is described. In the present embodiment, the alloy ribbon havingan amorphous ratio X shown by the below formula (1) of 85% or more isconsidered to have a structure made of amorphous phases; and the alloyribbon having an amorphous ratio X of less than 85% is considered tohave a structure made of crystal phases.

X=100−(Ic/(Ic+Ia)×100)  (1)

Ic: Crystal scattering integrated intensityIa: Amorphous scattering integrated intensity

X-ray crystallography is performed to the alloy ribbon using XRD toidentify the phases, and a peak of crystallized Fe or compound is read(Ic: Crystal scattering integrated intensity, Ia: Amorphous scatteringintegrated intensity). A crystallization ratio is determined from theintensity of the peak, then the amorphous ratio X is calculated from theabove-mentioned formula (1). Hereinbelow, a method of calculation isdescribed in further detail.

X-ray crystallography is performed to the alloy ribbon using XRD toobtain a chart shown in FIG. 3. Then, using a Lorentzian function whichis shown in the below formula (2), a profile fitting is performed toobtain a crystal component pattern α_(c) which shows a crystalscattering integrated intensity; an amorphous component pattern α_(a)which shows an amorphous scattering integrated intensity; and a combinedpattern of these α_(c+a) which are shown in FIG. 4. From the obtainedpatterns of the crystal scattering integrated intensity and amorphousscattering integrated intensity, the amorphous ratio X is obtained fromthe above-mentioned formula (1). Note that, a measuring range is a rangeof a diffraction angle 2θ=30° to 60° in which a halo derived from anamorphous can be confirmed. Within this range, a margin of error betweenan integrated intensity which is actually measured by XRD and anintegrated intensity which is calculated using Lorentzian function is tobe within 1%.

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h: Peak heightu: Peak positionw: Half bandwidthb: Background height

(Method of Producing Alloy Ribbon)

A method of producing the alloy ribbon according to the presentembodiment is not particularly limited, and for example it can beproduced by a single roll method. Also, the alloy ribbon may be acontinuous alloy ribbon.

In a single roll method, first, pure metals of metal elements includedin the alloy ribbon body obtained at the end are prepared, and weighedso to satisfy the same composition as the alloy ribbon body obtained atthe end. Then, the pure metals of the metal elements are melted, andmixed to obtain a mother alloy. Note that, a method of melting the puremetals is not particularly limited, and for example a method of meltingby a high frequency heat after vacuuming a chamber may be mentioned.Note that, the mother alloy and the alloy ribbon body obtained at theend usually have the same compositions.

Next, the produced mother alloy is heated and melted to obtain a moltenmetal. A temperature of the molten metal is not particularly limited,and for example it can be 1200 to 1500° C.

FIG. 2 shows a schematic diagram of the machine which can be used for asingle roll method in the present embodiment. At the inside of a chamber25, a molten metal 22 is sprayed from a nozzle 21 to a roll 23 which isrotating in a direction indicated by an arrow, thereby an alloy ribbon24 is produced in a rotating direction of the roll 23. Note that, amaterial of the roll 23 in the present embodiment is not particularlylimited. For example, a roll made of Cu may be used.

A temperature of the roll 23 is preferably 5 to 30° C., and morepreferably 10 to 20° C. Also, a difference between a pressure inside thechamber and a pressure in the spraying nozzle (spraying pressure) ispreferably 20 to 80 kPa, and more preferably 30 to 80 kPa. By having thetemperature of the roll 23 and the spraying pressure within theabove-mentioned ranges, the surface roughness of the alloy ribbon can becontrolled within a desired range.

Also, the alloy ribbon is released from the roll 23 due to the releasinggas sprayed from a releasing gas spraying machine 26. In the presentembodiment, the releasing gas is preferably within a temperature rangeof 50 to 200° C., and more preferably 100 to 150° C. By controlling thetemperature of the releasing gas within the above-mentioned range, thefrequency of the scattered metals on the alloy ribbon can be controlledwithin a desired range. Note that, as the temperature of the releasinggas increases, the frequency of the scattered metals increases. Hence,the scattered metals are thought to be metals derived from the roll 23.

In a single roll method, the thickness of an obtained alloy ribbon 24can be regulated mainly by adjusting a rotation speed of the roll 23.However, for example, the thickness of the obtained alloy ribbon 24 canbe regulated also by adjusting a space between the nozzle 21 and theroll 23, a temperature of the molten metal, and so on. Further, in somecases even when the spraying pressure is small, the alloy ribbon 24 canbe obtained by adjusting a space between the nozzle 21 and the roll 23,a temperature of the molten metal, and so on.

A vapor pressure inside the chamber 25 is not particularly limited. Forexample, the vapor pressure inside the chamber 25 may be 11 hPa or lessby using Ar gas which has been adjusted with a dew point. Note that,there is no particular limit regarding the lower limit of the vaporpressure inside the chamber 25. The vapor pressure may be 1 hPa or lessby filling Ar gas which has been adjusted with a dew point, or the vaporpressure may be 1 hPa or less by making a condition close to a vacuumstate.

The obtained alloy ribbon includes the scattered metals. The scatteredmetals have predetermined diameters and include Cu, thereby theadhesiveness between the alloy ribbons is improved. Also, by stackingalloy ribbons at least one of which is made of the alloy ribbon, themagnetic core capable of suppressing the increase of the coercive forcecan be obtained. Therefore, a good magnetic core (particularly, atoroidal core) can be obtained.

Note that, by performing a heat treatment to the alloy ribbon 24, thealloy ribbon having a structure made of a Fe-based nanocrystal may beproduced. The structure made of the Fe-based nanocrystal refers to astructure made of crystal phases having an amorphous ratio of less than85%. The amorphous ratio can be measured by X-ray crystallography usingXRD.

Conditions of the heat treatment are not particularly limited.Preferable heat treatment conditions differ depending on the compositionof the alloy ribbon. Usually, a heat treatment temperature is preferablywithin a range of about 450 to 650° C., and a heat treatment time ispreferably within a range of 0.5 to 10 hours. However, the preferabletemperature and time may be outside of the above-mentioned rangesdepending on the composition of the alloy ribbon. Also, an atmosphereduring the heat treatment is not particularly limited. The heattreatment may be performed under active atmosphere such as in the air,or may be performed under inert atmosphere such as under Ar gas.

(Magnetic Component)

A magnetic component according to the present embodiment, particularly amagnetic core and an inductor, are obtained by using the alloy ribbonaccording to the present embodiment. Hereinbelow, a method of obtainingthe magnetic core and the inductor according to the present embodimentis described, however it is not limited thereto. Also, as the use of themagnetic core, a transformer, a motor, and the like may be alsomentioned besides an inductor.

As a method of obtaining the magnetic core by using the alloy ribbonaccording to the present embodiment, for example, a method of windingthe alloy ribbon, a method of stacking alloy ribbons at least one ofwhich is made of the alloy ribbon may be mentioned. By placing aninsulator between the stacked alloy ribbons, the magnetic core with evenmore enhanced properties can be obtained.

Also, by providing a winding wire to the magnetic core, an inductancecomponent can be obtained. A method of providing the winding wire and amethod of producing the inductance component are not particularlylimited. For example, a method of winding a wire for at least one turnto the magnetic core produced by the above-mentioned method may bementioned.

Hereinabove, the embodiment of the present invention has been described,however the present invention is not limited thereto.

EXAMPLES

Hereinbelow, the present invention is described based on examples.

Raw material metals were weighed so to satisfy an alloy compositionshown in Table 1, and melted by high frequency heating to obtain amother alloy.

Then, the produced mother alloy was heated and melted, and a moltenmetal at a temperature of 1250° C. was formed. The metal was sprayed toa roll by a single roll method which rotates the roll at a rotationspeed of 25 m/sec, thereby an alloy ribbon was made. Note that amaterial of the roll was Cu.

The roll was rotated in a direction shown in FIG. 2, at a rolltemperature of 18° C. and a pressure difference (spraying pressure)between inside of a chamber and a spray nozzle of 50 kPa. A temperaturerange of a releasing gas was 80 to 180° C. Also, a slit width of a slitnozzle was 180 mm, a distance between a slit opening to the roll was 0.2mm, a roll diameter φ was 300 mm, thereby the alloy ribbon having athickness of 20 to 30 μm and a length of several tens meter wasobtained.

Regarding the obtained alloy ribbon, as the temperature of the releasinggas increased, the frequency of scattered metals increased. Also, theobtained alloy ribbon was made of amorphous phases. An amorphous ratio Xof each alloy ribbon was measured using XRD, and when X was 85% or more,it was considered that the alloy ribbon was made of amorphous phases.The obtained alloy ribbon was subjected to following evaluations.Results are shown in Table 1.

<Surface Roughness Ra>

Regarding the obtained alloy ribbon, a surface roughness (arithmeticaverage roughness) of a releasing surface was measured. The surfaceroughness of the releasing surface was measured using a stylus typesurface roughness tester according to JIS-B0601. Three points weremeasured using the stylus type surface roughness tester and an averagethereof was defined as the surface roughness Ra.

<Vickers Hardness>

A Vickers hardness (Hv) was determined by a micro-Vickers hardness test.A diamond pyramid indenter with a facing angle of 136° was pressed intothe alloy ribbon, a size of indentation formed by pressing was measured,and a Vickers hardness was calculated. The indentation was observedusing CCD camera. Five or more measurements were carried out, and anaverage thereof was defined as a Vickers hardness.

<Coercive Force>

A piece of alloy ribbon having a casting direction length of 310 mm wascut from the obtained alloy ribbon. Then, 120 pieces were punched outfrom the alloy ribbon being cut. Each of the 120 pieces had a toroidalshape of an outer diameter of 18 mm and an inner diameter of 10 mm. Thepieces of alloy ribbon which were punched out were stacked and a wirewas wound around, thereby a multilayer toroidal core having a height ofabout 3 mm was obtained. Note that, a heat treatment was not carried outin a magnetic field while the core was being produced.

The coercive force of the above-mentioned toroidal core was measured.The coercive force (Hc) at a magnetic flux density of 500 mT and afrequency of 10 kHz was measured using a B-H analyzer. Table 1 shows anincrease rate of a coercive force in percentile (%) with respect to acoercive force of sample No. 1.

<EDS Measurement>

Metals including Cu scattered on the releasing surface of the alloyribbon were detected using Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS).Among those metals on the releasing surface, metals with diameters of 1μm or more were detected, and the frequency of the metals with diametersof 1 μm or more were calculated. Also, a composition of the detectedmetals was verified.

<Adhesiveness>

An adhesiveness of the alloy ribbon was evaluated using a tensile test.According to JIS K6850, a thickness of sample was set to a thickness ofthe alloy ribbon. An adhesiveness when two samples of the obtained alloyribbons were stacked by applying pressure of 2 t/cm² at 500° C. for 30seconds; and an adhesiveness when two samples of the obtained alloyribbons were stacked by applying pressure of 2 t/cm² at 400° C. for 30seconds were evaluated. The adhesiveness was evaluated as shown inbelow.

A: 3 N/cm² (30 kPa) or moreB: 1 N/cm² (10 kPa) or more and less than 3 N/cm² (30 kPa)C: Less than 1 N/cm²

TABLE 1 Alloy ribbon Scattered Stacked body Releasing Scattered metalfre- Coercive Adhesive- Adhesive- Hard- Thick- surface metal quencyforce ness ness ness ness Ra compo- (metals/ increase (500° C.- (400°C.- No. Composition (Hv) (μm) (μm) sition mm²) rate 2t/cm²) 2t/cm²) 1Fe75—Si15—B6—Nb3—Cu1(Amorphous) 1100 25 0.6 Cu 5 0% B — 2Fe75—Si15—B6—Nb3—Cu1(Amorphous) 1100 25 1 Cu 67 0% A — 3Fe75—Si15—B6—Nb3—Cu1(Amorphous) 1100 25 1.2 Cu 300 1% A — 4Fe75—Si15—B6—Nb3—Cu1(Amorphous) 1100 25 0.4 Cu 0.6 0% C — 5Fe75—Si15—B6—Nb3—Cu1(Amorphous) 1100 25 0.5 Cu 0.9 0% B — 6Fe75—Si15—B6—Nb3—Cu1(Amorphous) 1100 25 0.5 Cu 26 1% A — 7Fe75—Si15—B6—Nb3—Cu1(Amorphous) 1100 25 0.8 Cu 500 1% A — 8Fe75—Si15—B6—Nb3—Cu1(Amorphous) 1100 25 0.8 Cu 900 2% A — 9Fe75—Si15—B6—Nb3—Cu1(Amorphous) 1100 25 1 Cu 2700 4% A — 10Fe75—Si15—B6—Nb3—Cu1(Amorphous) 1100 25 1 Cu 4400 8% A — 11Fe75—Si15—B6—Nb3—Cu1(Amorphous) 1100 25 1 Cu 4600 10%  A — 12Fe75—Si15—B6—Nb3—Cu1(Amorphous) 1100 25 0.6 CuZr 21 1% A — 13Fe75—Si15—B6—Nb3—Cu1(Amorphous) 1100 25 0.6 CuZrCr 14 1% A — 14Fe75—Si15—B6—Nb3—Cu1(Amorphous) 1100 25 0.6 BeCu 9 1% B — 15Co70—Fe5—Si15—B10(Amorphous) 900 25 0.6 Cu 0.5 0% — C 16Co70—Fe5—Si15—B10 (Amorphous) 900 25 0.6 Cu 8 0% — B 17Co70—Fe5—Si15—B10 (Amorphous) 900 25 0.6 Cu 120 1% — A 18Co70—Fe5—Si15—B10 (Amorphous) 900 25 0.6 Cu 800 2% — A 19Co70—Fe5—Si15—B10 (Amorphous) 900 25 0.6 CuZr 21 0% — A 20Co70—Fe5—Si15—B10 (Amorphous) 900 25 0.6 CuZrCr 17 1% — A 21Co70—Fe5—Si15—B10 (Amorphous) 900 25 0.6 BeCu 7 0% — B

According to Table 1, it was confirmed that when the alloy ribbon hadthe scattered metals and the diameters of the scattered metals were 1 μmor more; and further when the scattered metals included Cu; then thestacked body had excellent adhesiveness, and the alloy ribbon had a goodcoercive force. Particularly, when the frequency of scattered metals was10 to 1,000 metal/mm², then the alloy ribbon having excellentadhesiveness and coercive force were obtained.

NUMERICAL REFERENCES

-   21 . . . Nozzle-   22 . . . Molten metal-   23 . . . Roll-   24 . . . (Alloy) ribbon-   24 a . . . Releasing surface-   24 b . . . Free surface-   25 . . . Chamber-   26 . . . Releasing gas spraying machine-   41 . . . Edge part-   43 . . . Center part

What is claimed is:
 1. An alloy ribbon comprising metals scattered on atleast one surface of the alloy ribbon, in which diameters of thescattered metals are 1 μm or more, and the scattered metals include Cu.2. The alloy ribbon according to claim 1, wherein the alloy ribbon has aVickers hardness of 900 Hv or more.
 3. The alloy ribbon according toclaim 1, wherein the scattered metals further include at least oneselected from Zr, Cr, and Be.
 4. The alloy ribbon according to claim 1,wherein the surface having the scattered metals has a surface roughnessRa of 1.0 μm or less.
 5. The alloy ribbon according to claim 1comprising the scattered metals in a frequency of 1 to 4,500 metal/mm².6. The alloy ribbon according claim 1 comprising the scattered metals ina frequency of 10 to 1,000 metal/mm².
 7. A magnetic core formed bystacking alloy ribbons at least one of which is comprised of the alloyribbon according to claim 1.